Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Claude Denson Pepper Building

Photographed by Michael Fischer, May 8, 2023

1. Claude Denson Pepper Building Marker

Inscription.
By Act of Congress, November 21, 1988,
this building is designated the
Claude Denson Pepper Building
in honor of Senator Pepper's many contributions to
furthering the cause of biomedical research at the
National Institutes of Health. Representing the
State of Florida in Congress since 1937, Senator
Pepper sponsored the legislation that established
the majority of the NIH institutes.

James B. Wyngaaden, M.D. Director
National Institutes of Health 1989

Erected 1989 by National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is November 21, 1988.

Location. 39° 0.212′ N, 77° 6.074′ W. Marker is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Rockville Pike. Marker is near the Building 31 entrance, on the National Institutes of Health campus (Photo ID is required to enter the campus). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 31 Center Drive, Bethesda MD 20892, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: At This Location (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Paul G. Rogers Plaza (about

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700 feet away); President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the NIH Bethesda campus on this site, October 31, 1940 (about 700 feet away); Tree of Hippocrates (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sky Horizon (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Centennial Anchor (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Louis Stokes Laboratories (approx. ¼ mile away); Honoring a Century of Women's Health (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethesda.

Also see . . .
1. Claude Denson Pepper (Encyclopedia of Alabama). (Submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. National Institutes of Health. (Submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Claude Denson Pepper Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Fischer, May 8, 2023

2. Claude Denson Pepper Building

Marker is on the first floor wall,
visible "behind" the red tree

Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 472 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.